Fire-extinguishing apparatus.



PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. G. w. HUNT J. KINNEY. RE EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 15, 1906.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE WILLIAM HUNT AND JERRY KINNEY, OF POOATELLO, IDAHO.

FIBE-EXTING-UISHING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, GEORGE WILLIAM HUNT and JERRY KINNEY, citizens of the residing at Pocatello, in the county of Bannock and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fire extinguishing apparatus for cars.

It has for an object to provide a fire extinguishing apparatus for use on diners, sleepers, coaches, and buffet, chair, combination mail and other cars.

A further object is to provide an apparatus adapted to be filled with water or other suitable fire extinguishing fluid or compound, and to be mounted upon the inside or upon provision being made for its control either by the passengers or by the employees of the road.

A still further object is to provide an apparatus that will be inexpensive to install, that will be simple to operate, and that will not be liable to get out of order.

Other and further objects will appear in the following description and will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, one embodiment of the invention is shown by way of example; Figure 1 illustrating a plan view of two cars with the invention applied thereto, Fig. 2 being a transverse vertical section through a car, Fig. 3 being a longitudinal section through a car. Fig. 4 being a side elevation of one of the tanks. Fig. 5 is a plan view of another embodiment of my invention. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the top of the car as illustrated in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the embodiment shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

While the invention is herein described and shown as applied on the top and the outside of the car, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to this arrangement, but maybe placed in any other suitable position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 indicates a car having arranged, one on each side of the main top 2, a pair of tanks 3 which are elongated and are crescent shaped in cross section, conforming to that portion 4 of the top on which they are sup ported. The ends of the tank are tapered or otherwise gradually reduced at 5 so that Specification of Letters Patent. pplication filed August 15- 1906- Serial No. 330.704- I Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

the, tanks will cut through the air and not act as an impediment to the travel of the train.

Any suitable means may be employed for securing the tanks in place but it is at present preferred to employ straps or bands 6 which are secured to the carat opposite ends and on opposite sides of the tanks.

To prevent the accumulation of ashes or cinders about the tanks, the tanks are sup ported by transversestrips 7 so as to leave between the tanks and the car spaces through which the cinders or ashes may roll. These spaces also serve to let the rain run off the top of car.

Of course the tanks may be made of any suitable material but it is preferred to make them of wood fiber or papier mach or other easily destructible material, so that in the event that the car is destroyed the tanks will also be destroyed and thereby cover or flood the debris and extinguish any fires.

To fill the tanks, they are provided with valved openings 8 at each end. The valved openings on the adjacent ends of tanks of adjacent cars are coupled together by flexible pipings 10 which are adapted, when not in use, to be coiled and held upon one of the cars, as shown in Fig. 1. A pump on the locomotive may be connected to the ends of the tanks nearest the locomotive and water to the tanks throughout the train. The extinguishing fluid may be delivered from the tanks in any suitable manner, it being pre ferred to provide the bottoms of the tanks with a series of valved openings 11 to which a hose or other spraying device 12 is connect ed and leads into the interior of the car. Valved openings 11 may also be provided so that a hose may be connected to the tank on the outside of the car, thus making it possible for persons without the car to extinguish a fire. Fluid may also be placed within the tank or removed therefrom through an opening 12 which is square in form, the tank around the opening being of box formation. This opening is of a size to admit a narrow bucket to scoop the fluid from the tank.

A means for heating the fluid in the tank is provided to prevent the fluid becoming frozen in cold weather. Each car has a stand pipe 13 at each end, connected to the steam heating system of the car or to any other suitable source of heat. This pipe is branched into two members 14, each of or other fire extinguishing fluid thus supplied which is connected to one end of a pipe 15 located within the tank. So that the tank will not be subject to leakage about the point where pipes 14 pass therethrough, the pipes 14 are bent upwardly and lead into and from the tanks through the tops thereof.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 5 to 7, the tanks 5 extend but a short distance near the center of the car and the ends 5 of the tanks are reduced or tapered on the top only, having their bottoms conforming to the top of the car. In this embodiment, the adja cent ends of tanks on adjacent cars are not connected together,-but are filled through the box shaped opening 12 which is the same as in the other embodiment. Valved openings 11 on the inside of the car and 11 on the outside of the car are also provided in this form, three of each on each tank being thought to be sufficient for all demands. The female member of this valved opening is carried by the tank and is flush with the out.- side thereof, while the male member is carried by the hose connection. Below each valved opening 11 on the inside of the car is arranged a shelf 16 upon which is coiled a hose 16 The car carries on its top on the inner side of the center opening 12 a small box 17 which is of a size suflicient to carry a number of flat cloth hose to be attached to the valved openings 11 and 11 The heating means in this embodiment comprises a pair of pipes 18 and 19 leading from the ordinary steam heating stove within the car, through the top of the latter near one end thereof, each pipe being connected to one end of one of the tanks 3, the pipe 19 passing through the monitor top of the car to reach its tank. The opposite ends of the tanks are connected by a pipe 20 also passing through the monitor top and providing a complete circulation from the stove. Of course pipes 20 and 18 and 19 are connected by pipes 21' leading through the tanks 3 The tanks 3 are provided with openings 22 adjacent the points where the pipes 18, 19 and 20 connect with said tanks. These openings are for the purpose of permittin the heating pipes to be connected to the ta (s.

In some instances it may be desirable to put the fire extinguishing fluid under air or other pressure so as to have force to deliver the fluid from the tanks. For instance, an air pump may be connected to the tank to be operated by hand from the inside and from the outside of the car.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s.:

1. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination with a car, of a tank composed of material destructible upon the destruction of the car in a wreck, said tank being mounted upon the top of the car and having its base portion spaced from the car throughout its entire surface and provided with an inlet and an outlet.

2. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination with a car, of a tank arranged on top of the car and in spaced relation thereto throughout the entire surface of its base.

3. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination of a car, of an elongated tank arranged on top of the car and in spaced relation thereto throughout the entire surface of its base; the tank having reduced ends, and a steam heating pipe arranged longitudinally of the tank at the top of the latter with its ends arranged to prevent leakage, the tank having an inlet and a valved outlet.

4. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination with a car, of an elongated tank arranged upontop of the car and in spaced relation thereto throughout the entire surface of its base, and a steam heating pipe arranged longitudinally of and within the tank, the tank having an inlet and valved outlets.

5. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination with a car, of a tank arranged on the car and composed of a material destructibl'e upon the destruction of the car in a wreck.

6. In a fire extinguishing apparatus, the combination with the car including a heating means, of a pair of elongated tanks arranged upon opposite sides of the car and in spaced relation thereto throughout the entire surface of their bases; an upright stand pipe having communication with the heating means and extending upwardly through each end of the car between said tanks and provided with diverging branches communicating with the tanks; a pipe arranged longitudinally of and within each tank for communication with the correspondingbranches of said upright stand pipes, each tank having an inlet and valved outlets.

7. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for 110 cars, the combination with a car, of a tank arranged upon top of the car and in spaced relation thereto throughout the entire surface of its base, the tank being crescent shape in cross section.

8. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination with a car, of an inclined tank composed of material destructible upon the destruction of the car in a wreck, and means whereby the tank may be 0 mounted upon the top of the car with its base in spaced relation throughout its entire surface with the car and provided with an inlet and outlets.

9. In a fire extinguishing apparatus, the 5 combination with a car including inclined sides and a main top intermediate the inclined sides; a tank arranged upon each inclined portion of the top of the car and in spaced relation thereto throughout the entire 3 surface of its base and provided With an in let and an outlet.

10. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination With a car, of an elongated tank arranged longitudinally of the car and having an opening in the top thereof to permit of the insertion of a bucket, and means for delivering the fire extinguishing material from the tank.

11. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination With a car, of an elongated tank arranged longitudinally of the car and having an opening in the top thereof to permit of the insertion of a bucket, the

tank bemg crescent shape in cross section and arranged upon an incline, and means for delivering fire extinguishing material from the tank.

12. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination With a car, of an elongated tank arranged longitudinally of the car and having an opening in the top thereof to permit of the insertion of a bucket, the tank being crescent shape in cross section and arranged upon an incline, means for delivering fire extinguishing material from the tank,

and a steam heating pipe arranged longitudinally of and Within the tank to heat the material contained Within the latter.

13. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for permit of the insertion of a bucket, and

means for delivering fire extinguishing material from the tank.

14. In a fire extinguishing apparatus for cars, the combination With a car; of a pair of elongated communicating tanks arranged on top of the car and in spaced relation thereto; and means for delivering fire extinguishing material from one tank independently of the other.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEOR GE WILLIAM HUNT. JERRY. KINNEY.

WVitnesses i Tnos. H. DAVIS, E. L. HOLZHEIMER. 

